REVELRY BY THE POOLSIDE
A Swimming Gala and A Dancing Encounter Punjab is awfully hot in summer. A poolside evening party therefore, sounded a splendid idea. The large swimming pool in Patiala where it was being held [...]
PONDERINGS OF A PONGO 3
In High Places Yet another memory—over half a century old—resurrected from an unassuming negative film roll. A rare experience, indeed! The first and last opportunity for a Pongo (Poor Bloody [...]
PONDERINGS OF A PONGO 2
A Temple in the Land of Konyaks Back in 1980, I found myself thrust into the world of staff duties at a charming hill station in Nagaland called Chakabama. My first staff posting — ah, the joy! A [...]
PONDERINGS OF A PONGO
On the Wings of Fancy Over half a century may have passed, but I can still feel the burn in my calves from that final, brutal ascent—four days of slugging through leech-infested, [...]
INDIA’S LANGUAGE DISPUTE
A Battle without a Cause The latest political slugfest going on in India on the three-language versus two-language system of education is rather exasperating. Is it that important an issue that [...]
